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The biggest goodbye to the Japanese Olympic Stadium is going to be the JAPAN NIGHT concert! On the 28 and 29 of May, the concert will be held on the final week of operations for the Capacity 80,000 stadium.

Remember the 1990s? Furyu Corporation will start offering new prizes featuring Mokona, a rabbit-like mascot creature from CLAMP's popular fantasy manga series in the mid-1990s, Magic Knight Rayearth, to Sega's amusement facilities across Japan in ...

The most famous eccentric superstar in the world, Lady Gaga, announced on her Twitter account that her favorite digital popstar, Hatsune Miku will perform on her ARTPOP Ball tour from May 3 to June 6 this year.

The title says it all. Pop star Lady Gaga is allowing Hatsune Miku to tour with her and open the concert from May 6th - June 3rd. She first surprised K-Pop fans with her announcement about Crayon Pop, and now she is surprising vocaloid fans with t...

The official Twitter account for the upcoming anime film Lupin the IIIrd: Daisuke Jigen's Gravestone today announced that a 30-second teaser trailer is now available on YouTube, and posted the first key visual drawn by director/character designer ...

Latest 'Attack On Titan' Japanese Manga Release Surpasses One Million Mark Posted by Chris Beveridge April 17, 2014 at 03:03 PM Attack On Titan Volume 13 It's a good time to be an Attack on Titan fan as the manga property is doing some big numbers...

Japan's mountainous topography means that real estate is always at a premium. The towering skyscrapers of major cities like Tokyo, Yokohama, and Osaka are a natural response to this, as often there's no direction left to build but up.

'Siren' PlayStation Horror Game Getting Manga Adaptation Posted by Chris Beveridge April 17, 2014 at 03:34 PM While not uncommon, we generally don't hear much about most games that get adapted into manga form that come from consoles.

Square Enix revealed their mystery "light novel-style RPG" as Schoolgirl Strikers, a free-to-play mobile game with the slogan "Classmates will become comrades in arms. " The game's first trailer gives us a better idea of what kind of game it is.

'Kiniro Mosaic' Anime Confirms Sequel Season Posted by Chris Beveridge April 17, 2014 at 05:05 PM Kiniro Mosaic While we had heard previously that more Kiniro Mosaic, aka KINMOZA was on the way with a new project given the green light, there was s...

Sentai Filmworks Acquires 'The Comic Artist and His Assistants' Anime License Posted by Chris Beveridge April 17, 2014 at 02:30 PM The Comic Artist and His Assistants Sentai Filmworks has picked up an interesting new show with the acquisition of T...

According to a scoop by Tokyo-Sports, an undisclosed plan to former KAT-TUN member Jin Akanishi(赤西仁) (29) who left Johnny's earlier this year has been exposed. The plan is to form a new unit with his former member mate Koki Tanaka(田中聖) who was fir...

Sentai Filmworks announced the English dub cast for the first collection of the Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East anime, which is set to hit DVD and Blu-ray on May 20. Christopher Ayres is directing the English dub, and you can see who will be pla...

With Dragon Ball Z Kai's recent return to retell the Majin Buu arc, Toei has announced that these "Final Chapters" will be running in Europe, with networks lined up in the UK, Portugal, Poland and France.

The PC version of Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends is coming to the West, Tecmo Koei have announced. The game will be available on PC this May in both the U. S. and Europe. As reported in the past, the PC version of Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Le...

NIS America Announces Arakawa Under Bridge x Bridge Standard Release If you love completely nonsensical anime and haven't seen Arakawa Under the Bridge, then good news for you because NIS America is bringing them over to North America.

To celebrate the Blu-Ray and DVD launch of the hit Science Fiction anime series, Arpeggio of Blue Steel, Japanese convenience store chain Lawson has announced that they will be releasing several new Arpeggio goodies as a special treat for the fans.

Nippon Ichi Software has released the second fairy book-style video for Hotaru no Nikki, introducing the ominous shadow firefly. In the previous video, we met the heroine, Mion, who wakes up with amnesia and follows a firefly through a dark ruins,...

Tweet Pin It Japanese pop sensation AKB48 has added a 37-year old mother to the wildly popular all-girl group as part of their crossover campaign with Japanese snack brand Glico. Mariko Tsukamoto, mother of two, was announced as the winner of the ...

After running through the main Final Fantasy entries in volumes one and two, the third Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call digest video is here with some jams from spin-offs such as Final Fantasy Mystic Quest and sequels like Final Fantasy X-2...

The Kamen Rider Fourze novel was released last March 1 and finally, here are some spoilers about the said novel, which answers questions left unanswered by the TV series. First is with the state of the ones inside the M-BUS, Gentaro uses the Fourz...

It is officially announced today on April 17 that a live-action film adaptation of Akiko Higashimura's Kurage Hime/Princess Jellyfish manga is set for a December 2014 release with the launching of its official site.

The 21st issue of this year's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine announced that Masashi Kishimoto designed Shisui Uchiha's Susanoo ability for the Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution game. Said ability will be seen in action in the a previo...

The AC chargers can be plugged into 100V outlets at the office or at home and come loaded with a USB port that USB cables can be plugged directly into for charging smartphones and other devices. Two designs will be sold: the Crystal Star Brooch an...

The official website of the light novel series AntiMagic Academy "The 35th Test Platoon" (Taimadou Gakuen 35 Shiken Shoutai) has revealed that an anime adaptation is currently in production. In addition to the new anime series, the website also r...

Pro-gamers showcase more characters in videos CAPCOM began streaming an opening trailer and a fourth special trailer on Wednesday for Ultra Street Fighter IV. The trailers introduce playable characters and gameplay.